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    children‚ thus providing a haunting warning against straying from societal values. While most of the tales have been altered with the shifting times‚ the majority of their original messages and values still continue to resonate. The story of Hansel and Gretel was most likely spawned on the outskirts of Germany’s Black Forest. However‚ like all true fairy tales‚ pinpointing an exact author and time frame is next to impossible. The folk lore has multiple layers of value lurking behind the obvious‚ including

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    on about the topic we chosen in the curriculum standard. As for our group‚ we decided to do a video in the format of story telling show. Story that we have chosen entitled ‘Hansel and Gretel’ for year 3. Characters of this story are HanselGretel‚ Stepmother‚ Father and Witch. The story revolves about two kids; Hansel and Gretel whom were sent back into the jungle by their stepmother and father and how they overcome all the struggles during their journey back to home.

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    Is morality‚ even a question in times of war? The True Story of Hansel and Gretel is based in the 1940s in Poland during the Nazi regime. The author‚ Louise Murphy‚ turns the childhood classic fairy tale into a chilling survival story. Murphy shows the controversial decision making a young boy and girl must make in order to survive to the next day. The hardships of war validate compromising one’s morals in order to survive. This is validated because the enemy must be defeated‚ keep the country in

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    Timothy Towers Becky Austin Honors English IV April 18th‚ 2014 The Brothers Grimm‚ Romanticism‚ and Hansel and Gretel Today when one thinks about the Grimm Brothers‚ they most likely think about how widespread their stories are‚ being that they are told in many homes and have had many adaptations of them. This was not the case however when Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm first started to write and collect their tales. Many were uncomfortable with them and the very violent scenes they had. People

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    Hansel and Greta Hansel and Greta: The story you are about to read is a recalling of events that have actually occurred. If you don’t like horror stories filled with witches and murder‚ then you should definitely pick up another book. We have decided to tell our story from both points of view because‚ as you may have already heard‚ for most of the time‚ we were separated. Now you may have heard stories about an evil stepmother being included in our story. We can tell you now‚ that is just not the

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    While comparing the two poems‚ "Gretel in Darkness" by Louise Gluck and "Hansel and Gretel" by Anne Sexton with the original Brothers Grimm tale "Hansel and Gretel"‚ different perspectives‚ point of views and messages are shown. In "Gretel in Darkness" Gretel is reciting the poem. It is written in the first person. In this poem Gretel is overcome with certain darkness in her life. Something is haunting her from the past. Gretel describes an experience that she and her brother

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    : Critical response 1 In the ‘Great Human-Rights Reversal; The Democratic left has conceded human rights to the conservatives’ ‚ a Wall Street Journal of 10 May 2012‚ the author Daniel Henninger states that the human-rights agenda has downgraded since Barack Obama became president of the U.S. Henniger initiates that human-rights issues fade away from the political left into ‘its home’ on the right‚ to the neoconservatives and the evangelical Christian activists. According to the author‚ the administration

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    Josh Fuentes Ms. Apshaga English 4 April 2012 Critical response The article "The Wife-Beater" by Gayle Rosenwald Smith appeared in the newspapers‚ Chicago Tribune‚ and the Philadelphia Inquirer. The article states her view on the term “wife beater”‚ and the blindness of youth under the age of 25. In this article‚ she also explains that the sleeveless undershirt is not the problem; just the term is what bothers her. The author hates how the name upsets her and how folks under the

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    Critical Response Essay Fred’s Dilemma 1. - If Fred were a Utilitarian‚ what would he do? Utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory where right and wrong depends on the consequences of one’s actions for everyone who might be affected by them. In other words‚ utilitarian individuals are trying to bring the best system to the society than any other system. Sometimes utilitarianism is summarized as "the maximum well-being for the maximum number". We know that life is full with situations

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    Christopher Mullins English 102 Heather Graves February 25‚ 2013 John Leo’s “When Life Imitates Video”: A Critical Response In his article‚ “When Life Imitates Video‚” John Leo has a very established position on the effects of violent media on children of this generation. He provides argument after argument about why violent media has taken over our youth. Most of his arguments are recollections of past events that he claims are caused by violent video games. In one section he tries to link

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